Google Maps has become an important tool that helps us locate ourselves in any city in the world. For this reason, the app added new options when taking a taxi service as it will display the estimated times for various private and public companies providing passenger transportation.
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Also the app will take care of showing the estimated service fee for this we must have the application you plan to use (for example, Uber) installed.
It also shows the estimated arrival at the destination marked time, the time it takes the taxi to our location. Even able to compare different taxi services in the city there and choose the one that suits you.
As for Uber, Google Maps will display UberX rates, UberXL and UberBlack.
Still, it’s good to see Google branching out a bit to provide customers with some choice, and the addition of a ride-share tab – putting such services front and center, rather than buried under public transport – suggests the feature will grow rapidly from here.
The new feature is rolling out to android users over the coming days and Google says it will soon arrive for maps on iOS device too.
Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your outlook, and stabilizing your mood. After stopping smoking, practicing physical activity and good nutrition are the best things you can do to be healthy and prevent many cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Some simple habits you can adopt today (that are not strict rules, you can apply them gradually into your diet):
Monitor weight and physical activity:
Calculation of BMI your weight is a good indicator of your overall health, you need to monitor it and keep it in a normal range
How to lose weight?
The equation is simple. The weight change is equal to the calories consumed minus calories burned. Exercise will not only help to expend energy but also easy to grow muscles that constantly burn energy. In terms of food, the best rule is balance, not overeating and not deprive adopt good eating habits and still have a fulfilling social life.
Eat more goodFats:
Not all fats are bad some are essential and very good for your health. Avoid Trans fats and limit saturated fats to good fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated); and the bad LDL cholesterol and triglyceride decrease and the levels of good HDL cholesterol increases reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Tran’s fats are mostly artificial and largely hidden. They are found in industrial pastries, fast food fries that use hydrogenated oils, margarines, vegetable fats … Denmark banned industrial use since 2003. Read the nutritional information labels. Saturated fats: red meat, animal fat, whole milk products, palm oil … Mono and polyunsaturated fats: olive oil, peanut oil, avocados, nuts, oily fish, whole grains…
Eat more whole grains:
Carbohydrates (sugars and starches) are not your enemies. They are transformed into glucose by the body for providing a source of energy which can be more or less good according to its nature. The glycemic index (GI) of food measures the ability of a carbohydrate to raise blood sugar blood. More it is, the higher the blood sugar increases. We must therefore focus on foods with a low GI. Without build your diet around the glycemic index, the monitor contributes to weight loss and prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. What are carbohydrates and avoid those favored? Responsible mainly for weight gain, the high GI carbs are refined grains (white flour foods: breads, sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, pastries, white pasta …), sugary foods (candy bars, sodas …) some prepared food and industrial potatoes. So Avoid sugary or processed foods, do not eat too many potatoes, replace refined grains with whole grains (bread, pasta, rice and complete muesli …) and use whole meal flour for your baking. These cereals have been processed and are much richer in dietary fiber and full of qualities; their GI is very low compared to refined grains.
Choose good sources of protein:
From the point of view health, all protein sources are not equal. You should eat more animal protein such as fish or chicken and vegetable proteins such as nuts or beans instead of red meat and whole dairy products; these are certainly good sources of complete protein, but they are rich in saturated fats and increase bad cholesterol (LDL), their consumption should be moderate. Mixer protein sources (poultry, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, legumes ) and increase their consumption compared to carbohydrate enhances your good cholesterol (HDL) and triglyceride. Choose good sources of protein rich unsaturated fat is some help for your line and your heart!
Eat fruits and vegetables in quantity:
Eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day is a minimum and not a goal! Consumption of fruits and vegetables brings a cocktail of fiber, vitamins, micronutrients and antioxidants that reduces the risk of certain cancers and high blood pressure. Fresh or frozen (uncooked), cooked or raw, eat vegetables, legumes and fruits of different varieties and all colors: green, red, yellow, orange…
Drink:
Beware of liquid calories Watch what you drink is as important as watching what you eat. Avoid sodas. Daily consumption of sweetened beverages (150 calories per can) is 7 kilos in about 1 year and 2 times the risk of diabetes. If you drink alcohol, drink in moderation to keep only the benefits (e.g. in the Cretan diet 1 glass of red wine per meal is allowed for its richness in poly phenols). Do not start as long as you do not drink. Tea and coffee without sugar and drink in moderation are good for health and decrease the risk of kidney stones and type 2 diabetes.
Explore other calcium sources:
Calcium is important for health. By cons, if we think of dairy products first (rich in calcium and vitamin D), we should also consider other sources because dairy products are high in calories and saturated fat; as well as red meat consumption should be moderate. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and there are only a few foods other than dairy products containing (egg yolk, fish, liver, fortified orange juice with vitamin D). If you do not consume these foods should be considered a supplement. Other calcium sources: green leafy vegetables, cabbage, tofu, beans, sesame seeds, almonds, salmon, sardines…
Vitamins surcharge:
You can take vitamin supplement by way “health insurance.” These supplements should be considered only as part of a healthy diet. 5 vitamins that most people do not get enough in their diet are vitamins B6, B9 (folic acid), B12, D and E. These vitamins are essential in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, osteoporosis and other chronic diseases. Before taking dietary supplements, ask your doctor who will not fail to prescribe a blood test to detect any deficiencies.
Any time is good to establish team goals. A plan including ambitious targets will help you grow, to face the challenges and adapt to changing conditions. By setting goals, you mobilize and push your team to action. You can bring your vision for your business. There are 7 tips on how to plan and set goals for the coming year.
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1. Set measurable goals
Financial and operational targets need to monitor throughout the year for your business. They encourage you and your team, you feel responsible for your performance and give the maximum to achieve your goals month after month.
2. Plan your investments
Define when, where and how you invest to achieve your goals of growth and efficiency. The increase in resources devoted to technology is an important consideration. Many Canadian companies are not investing enough in this area.
3. Think financing
Companies that have ambitious goals often face obstacles when it comes time to obtain growth capital. Plan now how you will finance projects such as the addition of technology, machinery or buildings not deplete your working capital. It’s never too early to discuss your plans with your banker.
4. Examine your HR needs
Growing businesses often have difficulty finding skilled labor. Now plan your staffing needs for the coming year will give you a head start to find the best candidates . Also look, realistically, if you currently have the right people in the right jobs. It’s not easy, but the beginning of the year is a good time to make the necessary personnel changes.
5. Watch your radar
Gather as much information as possible on the external environment: economic opportunities, changing needs and tastes of consumers and strategic direction of your competitors.”You want to protect your market position and are well positioned to seize opportunities as they arise.
6. Search improvements
Which projects to increase your performance and efficiency in areas such as financial management, operations, sales and marketing, HR and customer service can you plan for the coming year? You have to force you to question your way of doing things. Insanity is to believe in always doing the same thing we can reach a different result.
7. Work with your partners
A good way to improve your products, your processes and management practices is to seek help from your partners – employees, customers and suppliers. Growing companies often want to do everything themselves or team up and collaborate with others in many cases can lead you further.
Although a rigorous annual planning is essential for building a healthy business, entrepreneurs must be careful not to become too rigid. You must retain the flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and seize on opportunities during the year.
The skin is both precious and fragile, which makes it vulnerable to dramatic changes in temperatures. With these tips, it will help our skin to better experience the vagaries of the weather…
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1 – Use special creams:
Like a wardrobe; cosmetics must change according to the season. While it is preferable to use an emulsion or a light cream during the summer for the winter months, your skin will truly need a richer, more nourishing cream offering greater protection against bad weather, wind, cold etc.
2 – A complete skin care:
Autumn is the best time of year for deep cleaning of the skin. The best option is to provide a cleanser in beauty salons, for a pure and radiant. For tighter budgets, it is possible to get a home care, with a special facial scrub, followed by a moisturizing and mattifying mask according to skin type (dry or pretty gross).
3 – It exfoliates regularly:
A facial scrub and body once a week helps remove dead skin cells to allow it to better absorb care.
4 – Apply a cream morning and evening:
Each morning after cleansing, a moisturizing cream is applied to nourish and protect the skin. In the evening, a special night cream is used to treat damaged skin during the day. These two steps are essential for a glowing complexion.
5 – Avoided temperature changes:
Avoid hot showers and long baths because the skin suffers a sudden change in temperature from the ambient cold to very high temperatures? To prevent such attacks, it is ensured that the bath or shower never exceeds 37 ° C and there remains no more than 20 minutes.
6 – It follows the key stages:
To protect our skin to prevent aging and prepare for sudden drops in temperature, we must take great care. How? By cleansing the face and removing all traces of makeup twice daily to cleanse the skin before moisturizing.
7 – You do not forget the lips:
When the wind starts blowing and the temperatures drop, the lips are the first to suffer. It is therefore essential to apply a lip balm several times a day, and a thicker layer before bed, which will act as a repair mask.
8 – Care for hands:
The hands also suffer during the winter months as they are very exposed. Thus it is appropriate to use a special cream that will prevent them from drying.
9 – Full of vitamins is made:
Fruits and vegetables are our allies to stay slim and healthy throughout the winter. As a precaution, it is good to stock up on vitamins and eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables daily.
10 – We drink lots:
The first danger of winter skin is dehydration. To prevent this pretty face dry, drink at least 1.5 liters of water during the day, starting with a full glass of water upon waking to eliminate toxins accumulated overnight.
Tips to prevent diseases, occurring in both genders, have more impact on women. Here are eight health conditions that disproportionately affect women.
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1. Migraine
It is more common in females with a ratio of three to one because of hormonal factors (fluctuations in estrogen levels).
Although increases during the days before menstruation, the good news are that it decreases after menopause.
Howtopreventit: Do not take hormonal contraceptives, drink plenty of water and avoid the triggers migraine products (wine, cured cheeses, caffeine, gum and precooked).
2. Smoking
9% of women smoke, and are the ones who start in the snuff them. In addition to the general consequences for all (cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases), the impact of smoking can be more harmful in women: fertility, pregnancy and lactation, as well as being related to some specific cancers of women.
How preventit: Turn off the cigarette? Quitting smoking is as easy as smoking more because, despite moments of anxiety that can occur outweigh the benefits gained in the short term, both health (heart, lungs …) and the aesthetic plane (skin , hair, mouth …).
3. Anemia
The population group that has the maximum number of people affected is that of non-pregnant women . The very poor diet the pace of life today with menstruation, make it more prone to this decline in the number of red blood cells. Pale skin, brittle nails, hair loss, irritability, fatigue or headaches are the most common symptoms.
How topreventit: Besides bringing a good diet rich in folic acid and iron (leafy vegetables, eggs, milk, red meat, liver, fish, vegetables), do not forget vitamin C, found in citrus fruits, you It will help iron absorption. Avoid, insofar as possible, antacids, black tea and coffee.
4. Type 2 Diabetes
Hormonal changes they undergo during menopause are responsible for that in middle age more women than men with type 2 diabetes. The lower the level of estrogen, they lose the protective effect of these against cardiovascular risk, making a greater number of complications and more severe compared to males suffering appears.
How to prevent it: Maintain a healthy weight, eating a healthy, varied diet, be physically active and modifies unhealthy habits such as stress, snuff and alcohol, keys.
5. Celiac Disease
Permanent gluten in wheat, barley and rye, intolerance is twice as common in women as in men. Diarrhea, gas, loss of weight and appetite, mood changes or fatigue is the most common symptoms.
How topreventit: Celiac disease is autoimmune in nature and occurs in genetically predisposed individuals, so you can not prevent it.
6. Osteoporosis
The loss of calcium in bones one in four Spanish postmenopausal occurs. Reducing estrogen is responsible for this silent disease that involves brittleness and fracture appearance, both spontaneous and by minimal trauma.
Howtopreventit: Walk 30 minutes a day by the sun, keep a balanced diet rich in calcium and prevents excess alcohol, snuff or coffee.
7. Breast cancer
It is the most common cancer in women, with 25,000 new cases a year and a prevalence of 5 years. However, thanks to early detection and advances in treatment, such as intraoperative radiation therapy, is one of the tumors with better survival rate (healing of almost 90%). Multidisciplinary treatment approach also offers many enhancements for the good of the sick: curing disease, repairing cosmetic breast surgery, avoid unnecessary suffering and care for the quality of life.
How to prevent it: While no two are alike cancers, other risk factors for all: delaying the first pregnancy, lack of deliveries, excessive alcohol consumption and obesity after menopause. Avoid them is a future investment (personal habits represent the highest percentage in the frequency of occurrence of cancer, 50%).
8. Insomnia
From adolescence, women outnumber men in emotional disorders and suffer insomnia more frequently. Concerns, responsibilities and hormonal changes are some of those responsible.
Howtopreventit: Take a healthy lifestyle, without alcohol or snuff, do sport and uses relaxation techniques to relieve stress.
Your food choices each day affect your health- how you feel today, tomorrow and in the future.
Tips for healthy eating:
Eat a variety of foods!
Base our diet on foods rich in carbohydrates
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables
Keep an optimal weight for health and wellness
Eat reasonable portions; reduce portions without reducing the variety
Eat regularly!
Drink enough!
Let’s move!
Start now by gradually changing our habits!
There are no “good” or “bad” foods, eat everything!
1.Eat a variety of foods!
There are more than 40 different nutrients and they are all necessary for our health. There is no food that can make all alone. The foods offered today allow for a very varied diet, we buy fresh produce for cooking, or all-prepared meals. Balance our choice over time! If we take a high-fat lunch, make a dinner “light”. If we happen a day to eat dinner in a large serving of meat, we could perhaps choose fish the next day. Various our pleasures!
2. Let’s base our diet on foods rich in carbohydrates
Most of us do not eat enough foods such as bread, pasta, rice, cereals or potatoes. More than half of the calories should come from these foods. In addition, try to increase our fiber intake by eating more wholegrain bread and cereals.
3. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables
Again, we do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, as they provide important protective nutrients like vitamins and fiber. We should eat at least five servings a day and trying to eat different varieties and new recipes.
4. Keep an optimal weight for health and wellness
Our optimal weight depends on many factors: gender, height, age and heredity … Being overweight increases the risk of diseases such as heart disease or cancer. Being overweight is the result of a food calorie intake exceeds the needs. These excess calories can be made by all energy nutrients – protein, fat, carbohydrate or alcohol – but fat is the most important source of energy (9 kcal / gram against four for carbohydrates and proteins).Physical activity is a good way to increase our daily energy expenditure and well-being. The message is simple: if we gain weight, we must eat less and do more exercise.
5. Eat reasonable portions, reduce portions without reducing the variety
If we take reasonable portions, it will be easier to take advantage of all the foods we love. We do not need to eliminate. For example, it is considered reasonable portions: 100g of meat, one medium-sized fruit, a cup of pasta (before cooking) and 50ml of ice cream. The all-prepared dishes can be a convenient way to control the portions we eat because they often have on their packaging the amount of calories. If we eat out, share a portion with a friend.
6. Eat regularly!
Skipping meals, especially breakfast, can lead to hunger resulting taking too large lunch. Snacking between meals can help ease hunger, provided you do not make extra meals. Do not forget to include our snacks or snacks in the calculation of our total caloric intake
7.Let us drink enough!
We need to drink at least 1.5 liters of water per day! More if it is hot or when exercising. Water and hot or cold drinks can cover our needs
8.Let’s Move!
As we have seen, excess calories and lack of physical activity can lead to weight gain. Physical activity helps burn those excess calories. It is also beneficial for the heart, the cardiovascular system, for health in general and promotes well-being. So many reasons that should be encourage us to daily physical activity. Use the stairs instead of the elevator (either up or down!); give us a little walk during the lunch break … No need to be athletic to stir!
9. Start now, gradually changing our habits!
It is easier to gradually change his lifestyle than to change it radically. Let the list of foods and beverages we eat for three days. Do we eat enough fruits or vegetables? To start, just try to include in our menu an extra serving of fruit or vegetables every day. Our favorite foods are they not too high in fat and they do not make us gain weight? Do not eliminate, this would depress us;rather try to eat lighter (less fat), or take smaller portions … and begin by using the stairs on our workplace.
10.Remember, it is a question of balance
There are no “good” or “bad” foods; there are only good or bad diets. Do not feel guilty of loving a particular food. Instead, eat them in moderation and choose other foods to balance and very our diet, which is vital for good health.
Mini continues to expand its range with the arrival of the convertible version concession.Representing just over 10% of sales, convertible Mini remains paramount for which no one messes still winning recipe, despite a particularly salty selling price.
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Paradoxically, if the Mini Original is a car that has the bottle now the convertible version is it rather recent. Launched quietly in 1993 on the “old” Mini, it was truly a success from the resumption of Mini by BMW. With more than 145,000 sales this generation Mini convertible is a commercial success and today the British brand continues the adventure with a new version swollen with hormones.
The new Mini cabriolet thus gains in length, width and height. The accusations have blended in recent times against the British manufacturer that makes you fat Mini, plus very “mini” precisely. The convertible version has however all the benefits of this expansion since all interior volumes are up, even with a highlight box 215 liters overturned. Obviously, the Mini convertible is still a fun car, often second or third family car, but the offer is still unique because it is a segment of the convertible B (super mini) four seats.
Faced with competition, the Mini is a little apart. Small convertibles are not lacking today, the Mazda MX-5 to the more expensive then BMW Z4 through the Fiat 124 spider or the Audi A3Cabriolet, but English remains the only city that is not discoverable a strict two-seater. The only regret, finally, is that Mini did not retain the versions “One” that would have brought down the self admission ticket attached to more than € 24,000. And as always with Mini each car can be widely customized but the bill then climbs to unspeakable heights.
The new Mini convertible is in concession in the brand network at prices ranging from 24,650 to € 39,100. The powers range from 116 hp to 231 hp for the John Cooper Works version.
The World Health Organization has come to snuff qualify as one of the greatest threats to public health that has ever had to face the world.Africa Lopez, physician of Sports Council discussed about the damage that smoking causes to smokers who often kills an early stage.
WHO indicates that the snuff kills each year nearly 6 million people and it is true that increasingly health measures to end this evil are taken, the percentages of smokers remain high.
Thus the body affects snuff
According to Lopez Africa, consumption of snuff is considered the first of the 4 major risk factors for our health.To snuff followed by alcohol, unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity.
Dr. refers to snuff -following the latest report of the OMS- as an epidemic.
Almost everyone knows that the snuff is harmful, but in the consultations shows that certainly does not know how he does, to what extent and in what amount of dose.
Lopez explained that “it is thought that if little smoke is not harmful and also if patients have had a grandparent who has smoked all his life and has been beautifully that means it will not be so bad.”This is a serious error.
Diseases that kill early
The reason why the snuff kills early is because it “has about 5,000 harmful products of
It adds that 50 of these compounds are carcinogenic to humans “as benzene, tar or nicotine”.
Lopez makes a special call attention to the case of nicotine, “because it is an addictive product that acts on the central nervous system.”This action causes excessive consumption of the product that has made WHO considers it as a drug.
Smokers end up suffering physical and psychological dependence leading to the syndrome of abstinence.
A “very worrying” fact is that “most people who smoke snuff today began to do so during adolescence;Worldwide, 1 in 10 teenage boys between 13 and 15 years consume snuff;in some regions these figures soar.”
Quantity
Africa Lopez stresses that a single cigarette we smoke and blood pressure rises and heart and respiratory rates increase.
The big problem arises when the consumption of snuff is chronically because “the body acts differently and begins to add other factors that will harm the health and even reduce athletic performance.”
Cancer and other diseases related
The snuff regarding cancer has been studied enough because it affects a huge extent and causes many deaths.
Africa Lopez notes that “85% of current cancers are caused by the administration or intake of snuff and mainly tar”.
And the tar is one of the substances that are placed on cigarette coverage and allows not turn off.
In addition to cancer, there is another series of diseases directly related to the consumption of “very serious” snuff as myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and stroke .
Not to neglect must either passive smokers because well as described above, most of the harmful products found in smoke.
It has also been shown that “pregnant women who are related to the snuff tend to have children who are born underweight,” says the doctor.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that, from the arrangement of the rooms, the use of color, type of decoration and how to place furniture helps to harmonize spaces to create a more harmonious home. Here we give you some tips for decorating your home according to Feng Shui.
The flowers are very importantin capturing the positive energy or “Chi”. A white vase with fresh red or pink flowers improves relationships, Jasmine is the plant of friendship, peonies, loyalty…
In Feng Shui have to use candlesas they symbolize the miracle of fire. Better if they are natural fragrances, such as these of vanilla , berries or apple-cinnamon.
One of the guidelines of this method is the presence of music at home. Especially in the living room. Fosters good conversation and invites relaxation. Install some speakers like these and let yourself go …
Avoid rooms-storage,,i.e. those rooms that are only used for storage. The recommendation for these spaces is to find an application, thus preventing them from becoming “stuck” places. Therefore, you do not use that room that can be reconverted to a reading or relaxation, in an area of iron, a mini gym and a playground. In addition to revitalizing energy, you’re gaining useful space in your home.
The entryis part of the house that speaks to us immediately and should be a welcoming space, lit with warm lights that let glimpse a bit of the house. It is advisable to avoid placing mirrors opposite the entrance, since they reflect the Qi, the vital energy, and would leave the house.
The living roomIt is the place of coexistence and should be welcoming. It is advisable to paint the room warm colors. If there is an area dedicated to television or reading corner, it is convenient to put something green, a color that clears eyes, like a plant or flower. The chairs and sofas should look at the door, to see who comes. Similarly, it would be preferable to have a single sofa L- shaped, rather than two sofas facing each other, where Qi escape. Finally, instead of a lamp on the ceiling, it is better to have several points of light on the walls.
Since the kitchenis the place where food is prepared, it should convey joy and serenity. The dining table should not be in the flow rate, but on one side, and diners should not sit with his back to the window or door. The lights should be of three types, if possible a more subdued for the morning, an intermediate and more intense, so when cooked. Furniture should be made of natural materials such as wood and warm colors.
To promote rest,the room should be in the depths of the house.The head of the bed should lean against a wall without windows and should not be on the same axis as the doors and windows, while the feet are not to look at the door. Suitable colors are relaxing, but if you need some energy, it is also perfect burgundy color, combined with an ocher, to bring light.
The ideal place to store each object will be as close as possible to stay where it is located, or in a place that has a similar energy. For example, it is positive to keep the blankets in the room itself. It will not, however, place them in the hall, bathroom or cellar.
If you store objects under the bed must be well clean and tidy and must maintain a relationship with the bedroom sheets, comforters, bed spreads…. It is advisable to keep shoes, luggage and electrical appliances, as well as to distort the magnetic field, are not objects that relate to the type of energy own bedroom.
Imagine that you can recharge your smart phones, electronic tablets and laptops without relying on electrical outlets, solar energy or external battery, without which no amount where you are.
Two mechanical engineers are at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-M, Wisconsin (EE. UU.) Just make it possible to develop an innovative system that will recharge the battery by connecting a cable to the shoes.
Professor Tom Krupenkin and scientist J.Ashley Taylor have gotten recharging devices also be mobile, to harness the energy generated by their users as they walk. This system is able to capture 10 watts (W) per shoe.
Krupenkin and Taylor have developed this technology to capture the energy of human movement that can be integrated into the sole of conventional footwear and allowing “harvest” the mechanical energy produced by the person wearing it when walking, convert it into electricity and store it for later use, according to this university.
This “shoe power generator” which has been successfully tested in sneakers, could be very useful for the military because the soldiers carry heavy batteries to power their radios, GPS and night vision goggles units, and for people they are living in remote areas or developing countries that lack adequate electricity grids.
Looking for synergies
This researcher is looking for along with Taylor partner with industry and market their system through their emerging company InStep Nanopower and is already working in collaboration with Vibram shoe manufacturer.”The human journey involves a lot of energy,” says Krupenkin.
Generate a total of 20 watts when walking is no small thing when compared with the power needs of most modern mobile devices,” and notes that “a typical smart phone requires less than two watts”.
Krupenkin and Taylor have developed an innovative energy harvesting technology that is based on the “reverse electro-wetting”.
This phenomenon is that “when a conductive liquid interacts with a very thin film coated or nano-film surface, the mechanical energy applied in the contact between both elements, is converted directly into electrical energy,” says the expert.
“This method can be used to generate electricity, but it requires a primary source of mechanical energy, which is vibrating or spinning rapidly,” are according to Krupenkin.
The bubbler method
To exploit this phenomenon the researchers developed the “bubbler method” which combines reverse electro wetting with the growth and collapse of bubbles conductive liquid used in this system.
The bubbler of researchers has no moving mechanical parts consisting of two flat plates separated by a small liquid-filled hollow conductor.
“The bottom plate is covered by a series of tiny holes through which bubbles under the influence of a pressurized gas are formed. These bubbles grow until they are large enough to touch the top plate, which causes collapse, “say the mechanical engineers.
“The rapid repetitive growth and collapse of the bubbles, the conductive fluid pushes back and forth between you loved plates, thus generating electrical charge” according to Krupenkin and Taylor.
Its technically called ‘energy collector built into the shoes’ could directly feed the different mobile devices through a charging cable, or could be coupled to a Wi-Fi access, built inside a shoe and would act as ” intermediary between mobile devices and a wireless network, as indicated by EFE scientists UWM.
